About Alafranga Language SolutionsAlafranga is a founder-led technical translation agency, active since 2002. Founded in Istanbul by Volkan Güvenç, now registered in London as Alafranga Europe Ltd. Not a platform. Not a marketplace. A specialist team that has been doing this work for 23 years.
We are ISO 17100:2015 certified, ATC Accredited Member since 2007, and our vendor network is built on 17 years of ]Project Open[ project records, not a database of self-registered freelancers.
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▮Company Profile
Alafranga Language Solutions is a founder-led technical translation agency, active since 2002. Originally founded in Istanbul, now registered in London as Alafranga Europe Ltd (Co. No: 16711244). ISO 17100:2015 certified, ATC and EUATC Accredited Member since 2007. We work with LSPs and direct clients across technical, legal, medical and media content.
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▮Why Choose Alafranga
Most agencies make the same three claims: quality, accuracy, reliability. What can be checked instead: a translation process certified by Bureau Veritas in 2012, ATC membership since 2007, and 6,135 recorded projects for 587 clients since 2009. Founder-led and owner-operated, which means the person who signs off on the work is the person who owns the company.
▮Locations
Alafranga is registered in London as Alafranga Europe Ltd. UK jurisdiction, SEPA-enabled payments, closer to our European client base. Operational roots remain in Turkey, where the agency was founded in 2002. We serve clients across Europe, Turkey and the Middle East through coordinated remote workflows.
▮Languages We Translate
Alafranga works with 40+ language pairs, every one backed by real project history, vetted translators, and tested workflows. Turkish is the founding language pair, active since 2002. Other languages were added as client demand required, not as a marketing decision.
▮Our Story
Founded by Volkan Güvenç in Istanbul in 2002, Alafranga began as a Turkish technical translation office. Over 23 years, we expanded into 40+ languages, adopted ]Project Open[ before any other Turkish agency, built a dedicated media team, and relocated to London. The work has changed. The approach has not.
▮Our Team
Alafranga is not a platform or a marketplace but a team. Every project is managed by a named coordinator. Every translator is matched by domain expertise, not availability. Founded and still directed by Volkan Güvenç, who has been active in translation since 1993.
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▮Global Vendor Network
484 active specialists with real project history. 9,500+ purchase orders since 2009. Every number comes from ]Project Open[ not an estimate. Six-stage application process, GDPR encrypted candidate database, human assignment on every project.
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▮Technology & Management
When a large project arrives in multiple languages, multiple file types, a tight deadline, the difference between agencies shows in how they handle it operationally. Alafranga has been running complex multilingual programmes since 2002. This page explains how we actually work.
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▮Pricing
We quote on the file rather than publishing a rate card, because the same schedule applied to a German user manual and a Turkish one would misprice at least one of them. What you get back is a price, a delivery date and which workflow we recommend for that content. Where a translation memory exists, previously approved segments reduce the cost, and the memory stays yours.